I want to thank everyone for their support during 2013! We had a fantastic year of great diving, presentations, and activities! We are so fortunate to have so many caring and dedicated members. I would like to thank all of you for your contributions in making 2013 a successful and fun year! I would also I like to thank you for nominating me as president again! I'm so honored to be a part of such an amazing club.

I would also like to thank the officers for all of their help. Adam Hartnett was an awesome VP, Ellen Garvey was an excellent Secretary, and Vinny Egizi served the club for 4yrs as Treasurer! Thank you Vinny for all of your years of service! Ellen will continue on as Secretary, Adam will be the new Treasurer, and Jim Barbara will be the new Vice President!

Congratulations to Jim Barbara for being voted Diver of the Year for 2013, and to Bill Werner and Mary Howard for tying for 2013 Members of the Year. I would also like to recognize Rich Kinkade as our newest Life Member! Thank you for your many years of continued support!

We will be teaming up with the Finatics and East Coast Divers for our New Year's Day Dive! We are meeting at Back Beach at 10am. The meters are not in service over the holidays. Dodie Carvalho has been gracious to offer to host the post dive party at her home in Rockport.

Bring your beverage of choice and something to share! They have a hot tub so don't forget to bring your bathing suit and towel.

The Boston Scuba Show is on Sat March 1st, 2014 at the Holiday Inn, Rte 1, Peabody, MA, 10 am-3 pm. Presentation by Jonathan Bird for The Dive Patrol. Tickets at the door are $15. Or contact Chris Christensen, 2 Ocean Ave (1-H), Gloucester MA 01930. Checks payable to The Dive Patrol.

Tickets are now on sale for New England's largest educational dive show! The Boston Sea Rovers Clinic will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Boston

North Shore in Danvers Ma, on March 7th-9th. Focusing on Education, Exploration and Conservation, there are going to be some amazing workshops, speakers and events to attend. Join the event. Sat 9am-5pm, Sat night film festival 8pm-10:30pm, Sun 9:15AM am-4:30 pm. More info at http://www.bostonsearovers.com.

As we head into the New Year, we will be working on several projects. We will have a separate planning meeting to discuss activities, diving, and club business for 2014. We will be meeting at Mike & Ellen Garvey's house at 85 Monument Ave Swampscott on Jan 5th at 1pm. Officers will be meeting but interested members are also welcome to attend.

We will be diving all winter! Stay tuned for upcoming Ice Diving Events. Jennifer Entwistle will be giving the first presentation of the year on Marine Mammal Rescue. We will be working on planning our events calendar; I have already heard some great suggestions from members. We will continue to work with other dive clubs to coordinate even more activities.

Please take a moment to make sure we have your most current and up to date email address and contact info. We don't want you to miss out on upcoming events! We have been keeping the Froggy Calendar updated on the website with all upcoming events also. I hope we can make 2014 even better!

I would like to name Dodie Carvalho as Member of the Month for hosting the New Year's Day Dive! Jennifer Entwistle is Diver of the Month for putting together the first presentation for 2014!

-1/16-Jen Entwistle will give presentation on “Animal Rescue for NEAQ”

New Business:

-Ballots were collected for photo contest and elections, including Diver/Member of the Year. Results will be announced at the banquet.

-Thanks to Mary for putting together the photo contest.

Dive Talk:

-Jim B and Gary went to Fort Sewell;

8’ vis, 45˚F, ½ hour. Jim’s drysuit was leaky. Got 3 scallops.

-Laura w/ Finatics to Nubble light for annual underwater Xmas tree release. Things went well this year; see pics on fb.

General Discussion:

-Dodie & Ron skied at Sunapee yesterday; conditions fantastic.

-Jim D’Urso dug clams at Devereaux

Beach.

-Adam knows someone selling drysuit

incl. boots, for ~$1400; only been used 6-8 times.

Raffles: Dollars Box: Ellen Garvey

12-Dec-2013

Meeting called to order: 7:40PM Attendance: 4 Officers, 6 Members

Secretary: Minutes from last meeting read and accepted.

Treasurer: 26 paid members for 2014 so far

Correspondence:

-Mary went to BSC meeting, gave them our dues. SSNeptunes’ banquet is

1/25. MetroWest Club banquet is

2/22, with theme “wear your best dive destination t-shirt.”

Committees:

-Program: See website for details

-12/19-Pizza party at Santarpio’s at 7- 7:30PM

-12/26-no meeting

-Feb-bottle dive to be scheduled

Old Business: Voted to pay the $295 booth fee. We have the same location as last year.

New Business:

-New Officers were installed

-Ellen will contact Markus to get the mail aliases updated and to remove banquet PayPal info from website.

Dive Talk: None?

-Dive this weekend cancelled due to weather forecast

Raffles: Dollars Box: Adam Hartnett

Mystery Prize: Ray Porter

Bug Bag: Gary Michaud (safety

sausage)

Diver of the Month

for January 2014

Jennifer Entwistle

Member of the Month

for January 2014

Dodie Carvalho

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New Year’s Day Dive

Photos from Amy Maurer and Mary Howard

Three Froggies dove: Jack Munro, Jim Barbara & Graham Smith

And New Year’s Day Party

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President’s Banquet – December 7, 2013

Photos courtesy of Amy Maurer

Santa’s Helpers?????

Diver and Members for 2013

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Your stockings are great!

The Pettiglio Family

Some Finatics joined us!

President Laura Gallagher with the Divers and Members of the Months of 2013

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Calendar of Events

January 2014

1 New Year’s

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3

4

Day Dive &

Party

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Sunday Dive?

Meeting

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Sunday Dive?

Meeting

Presentation

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Sunday Dive?

Meeting

Presentation

26

27

28

29

30

31

Sunday Dive?

Meeting

February

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Sunday Dive?

Meeting

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Sunday Dive?

Meeting

Presentation

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17

18

19

20

21

22

Sunday Dive?

Meeting

23

24

25

26

27

28

Sunday Dive?

Meeting

Activities List - 2014

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Jan 1, Wed

New Year’s Day Dive at Back Beach at

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Jan 1, Wed

New Year’s Day Party at Dodie Carvalho’s house in Rockport

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Jan 16, Thu

Presentation: Jennifer Entwistle on Marine Mammal Rescue

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Jan 23, Thu

Presentation: Ellen & Mike Garvey on Philippines diving

-Feb 13, Thu Presentation: Vincent Malkoski on the International Human-Powered

Submarine Races

-Feb 19, Wed Bay State Council Meeting

- Mar 1, Sat

Boston Scuba Show at new location.

-Mar 7-9, wknd Boston Sea Rovers Clinic

-7/27 through 8/8 Vermont Camping/Diving week w/ Pat & Annette

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Coming NSF Presentations:

Marine Mammal Rescue

Jennifer Entwistle will be giving a presentation on Marine Mammal Rescue.

Join us as Jennifer shares her experience as a volunteer for the New England Aquarium. She will give insight and advice on what to do when you encounter a marine mammal washed ashore. Presentation after regular club meeting.

Philippines Diving

Ellen and Mike Garvey dove out of the Atlantis Resort in Puerto Galera March 2013.

This presentation has Mike's video and Ellen's stills, including the "award winning" stargazer video.

International Human-Powered Submarine Races

The International Human-Powered Submarine Races are held every other year at the Naval surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in West Bethesda, MD. The 2013 races kicked off on June 24.

Each team must develop a one or two-person "Wet" submarine. Crew members breathe SCUBA from the air supply carried aboard. Each sub is unique, designed from "scratch," and relies upon novel techniques for propulsion and guidance. The International Submarine Race's TM specific goals are:

Contestants include universities, high schools, individuals and research labs. Various awards are given out at each ISR, including ones for best overall performance, innovation, speed, speed by category, best use of composite materials and spirit of the race.

Vincent Malkoski of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has been acting as dive safety officer for these races. He will give a presentation about this event to our Club on February 13.

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BOSTON SCUBA SHOW

The Boston Scuba Show is scheduled for March 1, 2014 at The Holiday Inn on Rte 1, (1 Newbury Street), Peabody, Massachusetts. Beginning at 10 A.M. and continuing through to 3 P.M.

The program will feature: Jonathan Bird of TV’s

Jonathan Bird’s BLUE WORLD. Jonathan will be showing and discussing videos shot during his many adventures.

Also on the program will be:

Deb Greenhalgh and Steve Lubas, returning from TRUK Lagoon;

Dallas and Linda Edmiston coming in from YAP, popular Pacific retreat;

in-water photo offerings from GUAM with Donna Calhoun;

Diver Ed, recently escaped from Maine;

the films of Bill Lovin;

the amazing crack-of-dawn underwater photography of Jerry Shine;

Recreational Rebreathers and Cold Water Sidemount Diving with Alex Dulavitz;

current ramblings of Alex Shure;

a new film and lively commentary by Chris and Fred Calhoun. Audio-visual by Linda and Kerry Hurd. Program directed by Alan Budreau.

The Underwater Club of Boston Paul Revere Spike Award will be given to Alexine Raineri.

During the show, attendees can be part of a group photo with Jonathan Bird…copies available.

Attendees are eligible for a free scuba experience at selected local dive shops. Inquire at the show upon arrival. Compliments of The Dive Patrol, Inc.

Tickets at $15 per will be available at the door on the day of the show, or may be purchased in advance by writing to Cecile Christensen, 2 Ocean Ave (1-H), Gloucester, Ma 01930. Checks payable to THE DIVE PATROL.

January 2014

Northeastern University College of Science

Public Lecture Series

Please join us this winter for our Tuesday night speaker series! Lectures are free and open to the public, and no RSVP is required. The talks usually last about an hour, and light refreshments begin a half hour before each event.

Note that the location for this lecture is: Nahant Village Church, 27 Cliff Street, Nahant

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 7:00pm

BIODIVERSITY IN SALT MARSHES AND SEAGRASSES: DOES IT MATTER?

A. Randall Hughes, PhD Assistant Professor,

Northeastern University

Biodiversity can provide "insurance" for ecosystems, because diverse communities are more likely to contain a species capable of surviving and recovering from a particular stress or disturbance. Diversity is not limited to differences among species, however, and even differences among individuals of the same species can strongly affect the ability of ecosystems to withstand disturbance. When and where may diversity affect coastal systems such as seagrasses and salt marshes?

White Mountain Express

Ride with us to your favorite ski/ride area aboard a luxurious motor coach. Bus departs from Pelham Street Park & Ride in Methuren (Rte 93, exit 47) every Wednesday at 6:30am and leave the mountain at 5pm

Bus ticket includes:

1.Round trip motor coach transportation w/ movies

2.Morning coffee & donut

3.Full mountain lift ticket

2014 SCHEDULE

Jan 15

Sunday River

Feb 26

Sunday River

Jan 22

Killington

Mar 5

Killington

Jan 29

Sunday River

Mar 12

Stratton

Feb 5

Stratton

Mar 19

Sunday River

Feb 12

Sunday River

Mar 26

Jay Peak

Feb 19

Jay Peak

Apr 2

Sunday River

Reservations are required, and are secured with a $40 deposit, no refunds or credits within 72 hours of departure.

For reservations, call 978-346-8667

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U-505: A TYPE IX-CU-BOAT BUILT IN HAMBURG Germany in 1941

Story written by Rear Admiral Gallery and retold by Jack Munro

PART I (published in Nov ‘13 issue of Air Bubbles) ended when Kaptitan Lieutenant Cszhech and the U-505 finally left Lorient after attempting to leave a couple of times and needing to return for more repairs. “At one hundred twenty feet of water, after charging the batteries, they were bombed over and over again. Cszhech was thinking it was a destroyer, but it was a plane that had spotted them.”

PART TWO

Cszhech figured it had to be oil tanks leaking, but they had been fixed or were they? Sabotage ??? His sound gear and Metox were not working, making the Boat blind and deaf. He would have to go back to Lorient.

After they were back, other things were found wrong and repaired, but the gossip ashore was driving Cszhech crazy and he became a loner. “Bad Luck Boat”

This time going back to sea, other shipyard people and Doenitz’s staff went with them only to find that the main induction leaks and repaired gaskets leaking after just being repaired—Sabotage??? Back at Lorient they rounded up shipyard workers and inspectors and several were shot in front of others. On September 18th, their fifth departure, the captain and crew were worried about everything, but before going very far the main ballast pumps started blowing fuses and they headed back to Lorient. Nine

months had passed since Trinidad. Now finally back to sea Cszhech was afraid, his XO Meyer had picked up a contact and Cszhech wanted to check it out. They were at 120 feet and Captain Cszhech, frozen with fear, kept saying “they are coming to get us”, over and over again. Then almost on cue the first depth charge went off, knocking lights out and then a flash in the

control room. With emergency lights on, Cszhech had fallen into Myers while he was trying to figure out how to get the boat out of harm’s way. Meyers called to the chief of the watch, “get help for the Captain” who Meyers thought had been knock out.

Myers changed course, speed and depth to avoid more depth charges, just as the chief reported that Cszhech had shot himself.

Willi Bunger (the ostrich) was sobbing uncontrollably when Meyer’s slapped him across the face and pushed him toward his

battle station. At the same time Meyers had the helmsman steady on course and fired two decoys (chemical Noise makers to fool the destroyer topside). The chief yelled to Meyers, “Captain what should we do with him (Cszhech)?” At that moment, Meyers felt like he had a direct commission from “der Führer.” Some men fell apart in mortal danger, others like Meyers rise to

the challenge and he got the boat and crew out of danger. One hour later, Meyers took command of the U-505 after Captain Cszhech died. Back in Lorient Myers report to Doenitz the whole story and was absolved of all blame.

U-505 was again repaired and Doenitz’s staff appointed an older

Captain because of the Bad Luck Boat connotations and other factors, but retained Meyers as Executive Officer with the new Captain Harald Lange. They sailed on December 25, 1943 on a rescue mission of a T-25 German Destroyer which had battled the British that week near Gibraltar. The U-505 rescued thirty-three

survivors including the T-25 Captain onto the Brest on January 1,

1944 to a hero’s welcome, something badly needed by the sub’s crew. In early April, Captain Lange and the U-505 left on war patrol staying submerged two hundred twenty-eight hours and only sixty hours on the surface, versus one year before when Captain Loewe was submerged only thirty-four hours and two hundred fifty- eight hours were on the surface. By this time the Allies had nearly twenty-four hour air cover plus they had the Jeep Carriers to close the Atlantic off to the U-Boats.

U-505 did not venture into the Atlantic but sailed down the African coast in search of ships. In doing so “Lange on U-505”passed very close to the USS Guadalcanal and the task force of destroyers accompanying it. On April 9th, 10th the task force had sunk U-515 & U-68 who were in the same flotilla as U-505.U-505 sighted a British passenger steamer but it was far faster than the U-505 and got away. Dodging aircraft some 6 times and machinery breakdowns U-505 used up their patrol time and

started back north and west, hoping to avoid any task forces nearby. The Guadalcanal was running low on fuel and was heading south and east putting her very close to U-505’s path without either ship knowing it. U-505 had a Radar detection

system called Met ox that was up dated to Naxos at Lorient for newer radar used by the allies but it only told you radar was in use 100ft or 10,000ft away and with so many planes it was alarming all the time.

Captain Gallery was talking to his chief engineer Earl Trosino about fueling up in Casablanca when the USS Chatelaine, one of destroyers called, and said he had a sonar contact on a submarine and was starting a depth charge attack. Chatelaine’s call sign was “Frenchy’’. He had just talked to pilots from Guadalcanal about this contact only minutes before U-505 had been found.

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“Frenchy’’ started dropping 12 6hundred pound depth charges on the U-boat set for shallow depth. U-505 was surprised by gun fire from the planes then depth charges from “Frenchy’’. With the boat leaking everywhere after the torpedo was damaged, Captain Lange’s concern was the crew, getting them out and the hatch shut and sealed. In between depth charges the boat could hear more destroyers coming. Lange’s only chance was to surface the boat and scuttle the boat. He passed the word and

surfaced U-505. As per orders from Captain Gallery, the planes fired 30 and 50 cabler rounds to prevent the U-boat from using the deck gun. As per custom on U-boats, the Captain is the first on the bridge. As Lange reached it, he was shot several times. The second man up was killed. The planes stopped firing but kept flying over as the ships closed in around U-505. In the meantime the U-boat crew was getting off into their rubber boats taking their captain with them. The U-boat was still moving with the rudder jammed, making a slow circle to the right.

The boarding party from the USS Pillsbury was preparing to board U-505 as soon as the German crew left the boat. After planning this with Captain Gallery for close to 1yr the circumstances had never been right until now. To a man, none of the party had ever been on a submarine and had no idea what to expect, but they were going to do it. As one officer went forward and found code books others, like crewmate Laborious, heard water running and found a 6inch seacock open. Fishing in the bilge he found the cover and quickly put it back on and stopped the water flooding the boat. This was repeated by his comrades all over the boat, stopping scatting charges from going off, shutting off water. They were very lucky that the U-boat crew left so quickly, thinking the boat was going to sink any minute. The 2nd boarding party arrived from the Guadalcanal with the Chief Engineer Earl Trosino and his crew. The bridge hatch would not open, and knowing that there could be a vacuum in the boat he grabbed one of the German crew and asked him how to relieve the vacuum. A small valve was pushed and the hatch opened.

The captured U-505 wallowing at dangerously reduced buoyancy as boarding parties from USS Pillsbury and

Guadalcanal handle tow-line from Guadalcanal.

On board Guadalcanal the Uu-505 crew was given food, coffee and

medical attention. Captain Lange was in surgery, as were others hurt during the boarding of U-505. Commander Trosino and his crew got the rudder fixed, pumped out the sea water, got into the after torpedo room, pumped that dry, and got a proper tow line on. And for the first time since the war of 1812 an enemy vessel was taken as a prize of war.

Because the capture of U-505 was now a secret from the Germans, the ships in the task force had to refuel via navy oiler at sea and head for Bermuda with their prize. A special camp was built to house the 59 crewmembers, including Captain Lange, for the rest of the war. The fact that we had up to date code books and a new Enigma machine and other things, we could not let the Germans know or they would change their codes again. Captain Gallery and the entire task force of some 3000 men kept this secret until long after the war was over

When the war was over U-505 was moved to Portsmouth Naval Base along with the surrendered U-boats. At this point the allies were to divide up the U-boats, between the US, England, Russia and France, at 12 boats per country and within 2 years they were to be sunk in deep water or

scrapped. When Gallery found out that U-505 was included he hit the roof. U-505 is a US Navy

WAR PRIZE and should be preserved in a Museum like Chicago’s Science and Industries. The

navy vetoed the scuttling orders: secretary of state Dulles straightened out the Russian Ambassador Mr. Molotov, that it was not surrendered but captured. After all this a committee was formed to move U-505 from Portsmouth NH to the Great Lakes by water, then over land to the Museum of Science and Industries in Chicago. All of this took over 10 years longer than WWII, the building of the U-505, the war patrols and rebuilding of the boat several times, and the internment of the crew. Without the determination and help of countless people and monies raised by the Museum, which had wanted a submarine since 1926 when they opened, this would not have happened.

This captured submarine at the Museum of Science and Industry is a tribute to

the heroism of our Navy Men, a memorial to the dead, and a stern reminder to

the living that control of the seas, so vital to our existence, has been

purchased

at a great price.

U-505’s final resting-place alongside the

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Bay State Council Meeting

The next Bay State Council of Divers meeting will be

held on Wednesday, February 19 (snow date February 26), 7:30 PM at the SSN’s clubhouse

located at the corner of Quarry Street and Joyce Road in Quincy.

All are welcome to attend these meetings!

The Bay State Council of Divers

Supporting and promoting the recreational diving community in Massachusetts.

The Bay State Council of Divers (BSC) is a diver’s advocacy group. The BSC monitors local, state and federal regulations that may affect the recreational diving community in Massachusetts. When required, the BSC represents the interests of the diving community in these matters.

The BSC serves as a liaison between dive clubs and dive stores to promote recreational diving activity in Massachusetts. All divers are encouraged to support the BSC with an annual contribution of $5. Your contribution will allow the BSC to continue to be a strong advocate for the recreational diving community in Massachusetts.